Comments on: Marketman’s Crystal Ball Musings & Election Results Predictions…

By: linda

linda — Fri, 14 May 2010 03:22:34 +0000

MM, I’m waiting in anticipation for the results of the election,I hope Mar wins! Keeping my fingers cross………………………..

Have a lovely weekend!

By: Topster

Topster — Fri, 14 May 2010 01:47:32 +0000

I’ve to agree that Mr. Binay should not credit himself with the so called “prosperity” of Makati. Makati is the Financial Capital of the Philippines ever since it was moved there after WW2 from its original place of Escolta, Manila!

Also, Mr. Binay’s opponents are right in saying that Makati has 2 faces. One of the glossy high rises of the CBD and gated subdivisions and the other the slums in the majority of the city. Mr. Binay (like most politicos) fashions himself like the Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt. They have their names cut in stone and written in papyri for all the world to see. They put their offspring in places of power and are groomed as their successors. Our local version: politicos put their names in tarpaulin streamers for every project, health center, lighting, waiting shed, barangay hall etc made under their administration. Their spouses, children are made their replacement once their 3rd term is finished.

If the Mayor is really clean, his yellow card could accommodate not only Makati residents but probably another 5 more cities in the NCR as well. Barya lang yan pero made to look as benefits for the residents, hayun magkakautang na loob tuloy! I’ve lots of friends and relatives who are long term Makati residents and they are really not amused by his way of handling his fiefdom, err kingdom este, city. Parang binibili ang tao!

As stated in my earlier post, I deeply regret not voting Sen. Roxas. I guess a lot of folks share my sentiment as well.

By: wayne

wayne — Thu, 13 May 2010 23:57:17 +0000

i gotta give props to the filipino people… i don’t think germans would have had the patience to wait half a day to cast their vote..!

seems to me that pinoys really want to be part of a change…

mabuhay ang pilipinas – salamat sa mga bumoto!!!

By: natie

natie — Thu, 13 May 2010 23:52:00 +0000

LP: ROXAS WILL OVERTAKE BINAY AND WIN VP

https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=404855191296&id=132390222273

By: JMLR

JMLR — Thu, 13 May 2010 15:30:40 +0000

Just go beyond the CBD and you’ll see how poorly managed the city is. I agree with Shieka and captain_yagit. You cannot attribute of the progress of Makati to Binay. I would attribute the improvement of the CBD to the Ayala family and other major corporations who have helped improve the place. It was easy for Binay to provide welfare to the residents of Makati because the largest tax payers in the country are in Makati. Yet, in spite of these, look at what Shieka (a Makati resident) wrote above.

Before Gordon, Olongapo was only known as a sin city. Before Bayani, Marikina was known as a massacre town. Before Binay, Makati was already known as the premiere business district of the country.

By: Katrina

Katrina — Thu, 13 May 2010 07:38:57 +0000

Makati was progressive back in the 70’s-true. But Binay’s programs that have benefitted the residents of Makati has earned him their trust and loyalty.

By: captain_yagit

captain_yagit — Thu, 13 May 2010 06:53:17 +0000

Makati was already progressive long before Jejomar Binay became mayor. Big businesses already had their headquarters located in Makati even during the Marcos era. It was already known as the central business district long before Cory replaced duly-elected mayors after EDSA 1 with her chosen OIC’s. Binay was the Cory-appointed OIC for Makati.

This is just to set the record straight for those too young to remember. It’s quite a reach to even bundle him in the same league that includes the likes of Dick Gordon, Bayani Fernando, and some others who turned their backward municipalities into progressive towns or cities.

By: Shieka, Dubai

Shieka, Dubai — Thu, 13 May 2010 06:32:36 +0000

I lived in Makati for more than 10 years. If Binay’s slogan ‘Kay Binay, Gaganda ang Buhay’ means the welfare society that is Makati City, well I think that’s what those who voted for him’s idea of a better life is. His governance of Makati is characterized by dole outs, Binay branding (from kids’school bags,street signs, etc) and ofcourse, his family’s perpetuation in power.The Binay’s have been there since Cory’s time. Ofcourse, he will also be eyeing the presidency in 2016.
Despite the huge tax collection, only the Ayala Ave looks first class, the outskirts are nothing but 3rd class communities.
Bayani was right in saying that Makati streets easily get flooded because of clogged drainage. Makati streets are not safe either. I’ve been twice a victim bracelet snatching in the Guadalupe bridge area. Illegal settlers abound there. Our brake lights have been robbed two times as well because our car was parked in the street. Drug dealing is not checked as our next-door neighbor is a shabu pusher.
Ask around how Mayor’s permits for buildings are issued for I am not in a position to speak about this as I my information is not firsthand.
I am for Mar as Vice President! And looking back at past articles to try to find answers on why Binay is winning makes me shiver — how dirty politics really is. Was Mar really junked by the Aquinos? My Facebook newsfeed doesn’t give me the same emotions from people who were cheering for Noynoy right after his candidacy was announced… is it because it’s too early to celebrate or something else?
The media isn’t even looking back on this issue of the Aquinos’ junking of Mar.

By: JMLR

JMLR — Thu, 13 May 2010 06:01:12 +0000

Sandee, weeks before the election, Noynoy was also saying that the only way for him to lose was through cheating. He even brought up the idea of another people power revolution if this happens. When Cardinal Rosales said that people power was not necessary, Noynoy even went on air saying that it’s not the Cardinal but the voice of the people who will decide… talk about conditioning the minds of the people. It was so arrogant and irresponsible of him to be saying these things.

By: sandee

sandee — Thu, 13 May 2010 05:39:14 +0000

I too have received those text messages about Binay. If they came from Mar’s camp, they were certainly in poor taste. But what I really find irritating is Binay claiming that if he loses, some cheating happened, or “special ops” in their terms. Overcoming that lead of less than 800k votes, with probably 5 million votes still untallied, is not even close to impossible.